Residents near Peru's southern highland tourist destinations are fighting two government proposals to expand private development around Machu Picchu and other historical sites, including the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco.

The top U.S. diplomat for Latin America said on the eve of a trip to Colombia by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that he sees no signs of potential armed conflict between the volatile Andean nation and its neighbor Venezuela.

U.S. President George W. Bush's 26-year-old daughter Jenna visited the ancient Incan capital of Cuzco in southern Peru on Sunday and is scheduled to visit several UNICEF projects in the country, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said.

Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.

Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.

Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.